I'm still undecided on whether the torque is better or worse. Although it
seems logical to get as much as possible, when I tried mixing on Vestax I
missed the ability to drop a record back into time by dragging my finger
across the edge of the plate as I could with 1200s; although unexpectedly
had no trouble moving back to technics again.
I am pretty convinced that once I got out of this habit (bad for the motor
in any case) I wouldn't mind. The only thing I am sure I would miss on
technics is the +10 pitch control. I never had to use the +50's but I've
often found that I was agonisingly just-out-of-range on the technics and had
to piss about subtely speeding the other record up / down
it's not the first time I've heard doubts about the build quality, but don't
know anyone who's had them long enough for it to be an issue. their mixers
have always been pretty nice mind.
-s
From: "Neil Wallace" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "'Langsman, Marc'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,"'seth redmond'"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,<[email protected]>
Subject: RE: (313) re: best decks
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2002 10:49:55 -0000
I got one pdx 2000 (as it was all I could afford at the time) and I
really love it: -50% is actually really useful as use you can mix things
at half tempo to do some weird x2s, having a reverse button is also very
useful and yes they seem to have quite a lot more torque - which may not
be a good thing if you play out a lot as after using vestax technics
feel very light and you need to use a much gentler touch and yeah
skipping is virtually non existent which I believe is due to the tonearm
being designed to produce no lateral force perpendicular to the tonearm
instead all the forces run parallel to the tonearm (or that's the theory
anyway)
Build quality wise I would say that echnics still have the edge insomuch
as touching the deck with the needle on the record doesn't seem to make
a noise thru the speakers whereas at high volumes if you tap the vestax
you can hear the tapping.
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